17 h. ago Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis’s funeral

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada at the funeral for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, with all five of the country's cardinals also expected to attend.

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19 h. ago Mark Carney says he will not attend Pope Francis funeral due to election campaign

The Liberal leader says it wouldn't be right to leave Canada ahead of Monday's vote

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19 h. ago Mark Carney confirms he will not be attending Pope’s funeral due to election campaign

The Liberal leader says it wouldn't be right to leave Canada ahead of Monday's vote

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19 h. ago Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis’s funeral Saturday

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be taking time away from the federal election campaign to attend the funeral for Pope Francis.  He says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada alongside a senior delegation at the Vatican ceremony on Saturday.  A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister’s Office says the rest of the […]

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23 h. ago What Pope Francis told Sophie Grégoire Trudeau when she asked him: ‘You have a vice?’

In 2017, she accompanied her then-husband and former prime minister Justin Trudeau to Italy. They met Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican

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53 h. ago Archbishops of Toronto, Montreal to hold mass for Pope Francis

Canada's newest cardinal will lead a mass in honour of Pope Francis this afternoon.

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63 h. ago ’A man of his word’: Canadian Indigenous leaders, residential school survivors reflect on Pope Francis

After years of groups advocating for the head of the church to apologize to survivors on Canadian soil, Francis promised to do so in the spring of 2022

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64 h. ago ’Man of compassion:’ Indigenous leaders, residential school survivors on Pope Francis

It’s been nearly three years since Pope Francis travelled to Canada to apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools. But for some Indigenous survivors, memories of the historic day remain fresh in their minds. “His statements of apology still have a lot of impact to a lot of us residential school survivors,” Piita […]

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2 d. ago Carney and Poilievre are both Catholic. Here’s how they reacted to the Pope’s death

Both leaders mentioned the Pope's visit to Canada and the apology he offered to First Nations people regarding residential schools

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